Summary

  • Pakistan v Canada, Group A, New York

  • Pakistan win by seven wickets to keep Super 8s hopes alive

  • Canada post 106-7: Johnson 52 (44); Amir 2-13, Rauf 2-26

  • Pakistan reach 107-3 with 15 balls to spare as Rizwan hits 53 not out

  • Canada still have slim hopes of qualifying

  • Scroll back through live text to watch highlights

Live Reporting

by Mike Peter & Tom Mallows

  1. Pak 81-1

    26 runs needed from 36 balls

    Rizwan lashes Saad towards the mid-wicket fence, but the diving boundary rider manages to cut the ball off with a mixture of hand and stomach.

    As you can see from the worm below, Pakistan have just eased their way past the Canadian rate, and that's all they need to do with this partnership set.

    A worm graph showing Pakistan are slightly ahead of Canada after 14 overs of their inningsCricViz

  2. Prakash Wakankar
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    Babar has made up his mind that he is going to put his foot on the accelerator to get the job done and silence some of the critics who say he does not score fast enough.

  3. Pak 76-1

    Target 107

    Babar brings up the fifty partnership from 49 balls, working the returning Kaleem Sana to backward square for a couple.

    He then lashes his first four past a despairing backward point.

  4. Prakash Wakankar
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    Pakistan's middle order has been known to implode so it is very important this experienced pair of Rizwan and Babar see the job through.

  5. Pak 68-1

    Target 107

    Look, there's only so many ways I can say "Pakistan take a single" - four of them in this Saad over, for the record.

    Ultimately Babar Azam's side don't need to hit fours and sixes to win this, the required run-rate is under a run a ball, and this slow New York outfield doesn't lend itself to boundaries anyway.

    Doesn't make for a thrilling spectacle though.

  6. Pak 64-1

    Target 107

    Back to business as usual after the interval as Pakistan take five singles from five Heyliger deliveries, after the Canadian all-rounder started with a dot ball.

  7. Liam Plunkett
    Former England bowler on BBC Sounds

    If Canada can somehow get a couple of wickets to get into the middle order, you never know. But Pakistan look very comfortable right now.

  8. Timothy Abraham
    BBC Sport at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York

    Joe BurnsGetty Images

    Now would you believe it, qualifying for the next T20 World Cup - held in India in Sri Lanka in 2026 - has just got under way with a European qualifying tournament in Rome.

    You may recall that former Australia batter Joe Burns has decided to try to help Italy qualify as a tribute to his late brother.

    The 34-year-old, who played 23 Tests, six ODIs and two T20Is for Australia, made 58 batting at number three in a 77-run win over Luxembourg.

    However, it did not go to plan for Burns yesterday with a first-ball duck against France, although Italy still managed a five-wicket victory.

  9. Pak 59-1

    Target 107

    No further boundaries from the over, but that six certainly broke the rather soporific atmosphere, with the Pakistan fans in the crowd enthusiastically cheering as their batters take singles.

    We're at the halfway stage and the players will take drinks. While we wait for the resumption, here's some news of the next tournament...

  10. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

    The Pakistan fans are on their feet. The flags and banners are out.

    This is more like it.

  11. Pak 54-1

    That's one way to wake up the crowd!

    Babar picks up his first boundary of the innings, clouting Junaid Siddiqui down the ground for six.

    That takes Pakistan past fifty...

  12. Pak 48-1

    Target 107

    A second four from Rizwan, truly we are blessed!

    He sweeps Saad Bin Zafar away to the ropes.

  13. Pak 41-1

    Target 107

    Another six runs accumulated by the Pakistan batters off the bowling of Junaid Siddiqui as they eek their way towards this total.

    They don't really need to do much more than this, as WinViz indicates, but a couple of wickets could make it interesting.

    WinViz shows Pakistan have a 92% chance of winning, Canada 8%CricViz

  14. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Sounds

    Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam are the perfect pairing for this sort of situation. They know when to accelerate, it's just whether they can on this surface.

  15. Pak 35-1

    Target 107

    First bit of spin for Canada as captain Saad bin Zafar brings himself on.

    Pakistan work him around the ground for eight runs.

  16. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

    That bat is no more. It has gone to meet its maker I'm afraid.

  17. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Sounds

    That was a good shot by Rizwan. You've got to hit it hard to get four on this surface.

  18. Pak 28-1

    Muhammad Rizwan strikes Pakistan's first boundary of the bat from the 32nd ball of the innings, cracking Gordon through mid-wicket.

    A toe-end shot later in the over chips a chunk of the bottom of the bat, a replacement is called in and Rizwan takes a single from it to end the powerplay.

  19. Not out

    Pak 21-1

    Prakash calls it correctly - it clipped the pad as Babar tried to turn Heyliger around the corner.

    They check for lbw as well but no dice there either - the ball's heading down leg.

  20. Prakash Wakankar
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    I think it is only the pad, I did not hear a woody sound.

    But it is the Pakistan skipper so you don't blame Canada for having a go.